Cigar-tip cutter



(No Model.)

G. E. BILLINGS. CIGAR TIP GUTTER.

Patented Sept. 7,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. BILLINGS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,405, dated September 7, 1897.

Application fusa nach 29, 1897.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. BILLINGs, a citizen of the'United States, residing in Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cigar-tip cutters, the main object being to provide a simple and-inexpensive device of this character which can bewornas a watch-charm or carried in a pocket, so as to be readily accessible for use, and to furnish in conjunction therewith a whistle which may be employed as a signal for cars and similar 'purposes.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure lis an elevation of my improved cigar-tip'cutter; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section taken in line x x, Fig. l, both of said views being on an exaggerated scale. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a fragment of the device, showing one modification thereof; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

My improved cigar-tip cutter is designated in a general way byv C, and it comprises two tubular sections or shells, one of which is slidable in the other, and is furnished with a suitable knife to cut a tip from a cigar which is introduced through a suitable aperture formed in the other section, and the device may be of any preferred or ornamental'form, it being shaped in the present instance to represent a cartridge of common design.

The respective tubular sections of the device are denoted by 2 and 3, the first mentioned being slidable or reciprocatory within the other.

The external tubular section 3 is punc-v tured, preferably at diametrically opposite sides thereof, to form the chamfered apertures 4 and 5 of different diameters to admit cigars of different sizes into the path of the reciprocatory knife. Said external section 3 has preferably secured thereto a suitable link, split ring, or equivalent device by which the cutter may be suspended from a chain, and for this purpose I have provided the spring-link 6, the free ends of which can be Serial No. 629,672. (No model.)

tween thetubular sections 2 and 3 to prevent ylateral or turning movement of the first-ineli- Itioned section when it is in action.

The internal member of the device has formed therein the longitudinal guide-slots 8 in the direction of its length and located at diametrically opposite sides thereof, the complementary section having the transverse guide-pin l0 fixed thereto, and which passes through said slots. The opposite ends of the guide-pin 10 are seated in suitable openings in theA wall of the external section 3 and are headed to hold the pin in place.

' To cut the tip from a cigar, the end thereof will be inserted into one or the other of the two apertures 4 and 5 and into the `path of movementof the knifeor cutting edge '7, and the Vexternal section 3 being preferably held pressure will be applied to the internal or cutter section 2 to advance the same, whereby' the knife or cutting edge will be forced throughthe cigar to remove its tip, which latter can drop through the opening l2 at the extreme end of the external section 3. When the cut `is made, the section 2 will be released and will be suitably retracted, as bya spring, as will hereinafter appear.

For the purpose of enhancing the usefulness of my device I preferably provide in conjunction therewith a whistle, as XV, which can be utilized as a signal for cars, said whistle being of ordinary construction and being carried by the internal section 2. The tongue of the whistle is designated by 13, and it is secured within the head or reduced end 14 of the device, it having the curved surface l5, which fits against the similarly-shaped portion 16 of the cutter-section 2, said tongue being held in place by the transverse pin 17.

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The head 14 of the section 2 has a'mouth-hole 1S of proper size and an opening 1f) for the emission of air.

The internal section 2 of the device, which is furnished with the tip-cirttin g knife, is prefeiably advanced by hand, and as a convenient means for returning said section, or until the inner short walls of guide-slots 8 and 9 abut against the transverse guide-pin 10, I employ a suitable retracting-spring, such as the coiled helical spring S, which is adapted to act against the two sections 2 and 3 or suit able stops operative therewith, and the tongue 13 of the whistle serves as one of said stops and will be so referred to hereinafter. extreme coils 21 and 22, respectively, of the spring are made iiat, and the rst mentioned is adapted to lie against the inner flat face of the tongue 13 and to also embrace the stud thereon to prevent the displacement of the spring. The other fiat coil 22 of the spring is adapted to lie against the disk 24, which is situated in the cutter section 2 and bears against the fixed transverse guide-pin or stop 10. The disk 24 is surrounded by the circular guide flange or rim 25, which is frictionally engaged by the adjacent curved face of the internal section 2, which slides thereon, the said flange serving to ,maintain the disk in proper position in the cutter-sectin 2.

In use the cigar-tip will be inserted into one or the other of the two openings 4 and 5, and the tubular external section 3 being preferably held pressure will be applied to the internal section 2 to force the same inward and the knife or cutting edge through the cigar to remove its tip, which can drop through the opening 12 in the end of the external section As the cutter-section 2 is thus operated the helical spring will be compressed, so that.

when it is released it can be immediately re turned to its normal position by the force of said retracting-spring, which acts against the tongue 13 and the disk 24, that bears against the iixed stop or guide pin 10.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings I have illustrated a modification of my device, it being designated by C', wherein the two guideslots in the cutter-section 2' are formed obliquely therein, said slots being designated, respectively, by S', and the transverse guidepin on the external section 3', which passes through said slots, is designated by said guide-pin having the shoulders 6" at its ends to hold it in place. Said pin has at one end The a'ring G', by which the device can be suspended from a chain.

The device represented in Figs. 3 and 4 is particularly adapted for cutting tips from green or freshly-made cigars, the guide-slots S' in the cutter-section being obliquely formed therein and slightly curved, whereby as the cutter-section is manipulated to sever the tip from the cigar it will be caused to turn and will not strip or tear the covering from the cigar.

The helical retracting-spring, which acts against the respective sections of the device, is designated by S', and one end thereof is adapted to lie in the cup-shaped disk 24', the other end of the spring being adapted to embrace the stud 23', which extends inward from the closed end or head of I[he cutter-section 2.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A cigar-tip cutter consisting of two tubular sections one slidable in the other, the internal section being provided at its inner end with an annular cutter and having longitudinal slots in the opposite sides thereof, and the external section having an opening for the introduction of a cigar-tip; a guidepin fixed to the opposite sides of the external section and passing through said longitudinal slots; a disk bearing against said guide-pin and having an annular flange lying against the inside face of theinternal tubularsection a coiled spring one end of which bears against the disk; and a ixed stud on the internal section, embraced bythe other end of the spring.

2. A cigar-tip cutter consisting of two tubular sections one slidable in the other, the internal section being provided at its inner end with an annular cutter and having 1ongitudinal oblique slotsin opposite sides thereof, and the external section having an opening for the introduction of acigar-tip; a guidepin fixed to the opposite sides of the external section and passing through said longitudinal slots; a disk bearing against said guide-pin and having an annular flange lying against the inside face of the internal tubularsection a coiled retracting-spring the inner coil of which acts against the disk; and a fixed stud on the internal section, embraced by the other end of the spring.

CHARLES E. BILLINGS. IVitnesses:

F. C. BLAND, FRED. J. DRA. 

